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NEAL E MONETTE
Captain · U.S. Air Force
January 25, 1940 – March 11, 1969
Service recordNeal E Monette, of Falls Church, Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 11, 1969, in Thailand, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 25, 1940
- Home of record
- Falls Church, Virginia (Falls Church (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1969
- Age
- 29
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1969. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 12
- WALTER LEE MOORESpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
- JOHN FREDERICK MORRISPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- DENNIS LEE MOYERPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- STEVEN BOYD OAKSLance Corporal · March 11, 1969
From Falls Church
- LYELL FRANCIS KINGCaptain · February 18, 1966
- GEORGE EVERETT PERRY IIICaptain · June 17, 1966
- GEORGE EMILE HONSELance Corporal · January 8, 1967
- ERNEST MICHAEL BEAUCHAMPLance Corporal · March 4, 1967
- CHARLES CHRISTOPHER BONNETFirst Lieutenant · March 18, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SUTTONLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- WALTER TASMAN EADSPetty Officer First Class · July 29, 1967
- THOMAS FRANCIS REGANFirst Lieutenant · September 18, 1967
- DARRELL RAYMOND UMHOLTZPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- PETER FRANCIS DONNELLFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.